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  1. BakerzDozen

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Chicken are a really BAD hobby to get into.. No matter what you have you want something different. No matter how many you have, you want more. No matter, if you start with chickens, then you want ducks, turkeys, pheasant ... Yeah, someone should have warned me.
  2. BakerzDozen

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    stupid internet crashed
  3. BakerzDozen

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    I would love, love, love to get some Giants, I think they are beautiful birds.However as you have pointed out before it takes them so long to mature and having them for meat just isn't feasible and with our Urban coop/yard situation being what it is its even worse because I really don't have...
  4. BakerzDozen

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    A lot has been going on here, it's crazy. Good news first, my husband got to take his collar off from his neck surgery and is back at work. Bad news #1- Greg (my husband has very little new bone growth, after the surgery. Bad news #2- Greg's surgeon has ordered a bone growth stimulator...
  5. BakerzDozen

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Wow, I'm so sorry about Raptor he truly was a beautiful cock. I hope all works out and you can find another one quickly if that's what you want. Congratulations on the house closing. I wish you well on splitting the property.
  6. BakerzDozen

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    rancher hicks and beer can Have you installed that latest version "shockwave" software and/or allowed for the updates to your PC? If you don't have the latest versions it can slow loading down. Additionally, having only one window open at a time reduces lag of loading. Erasing cookies also helps.
  7. BakerzDozen

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Congrats on the new babies!!! Ya'll make me want to get a incubator... and I just don't have the room in my little yard for a chicken explosion!!!
  8. BakerzDozen

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Welcome to BYC. Last year was my 1st year with chickens and on BYC... there are tons of wonderful people here to help you along the way. Access to numerous kinds of chicks that you can buy direct from these wonderful people, support when things don't go as planned and plenty of support to...
  9. BakerzDozen

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Luv I don't know if this will help you at all but I have 3 healthy BSL's you can have free. "Dinner" (because she's a naughty girl, & she is often threaten with being made just that) lays a JUMBO egg almost every day and her 2 sister hens "Lunch" and "Breakfast" lay an extra large egg almost...
  10. BakerzDozen

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    So sorry luv. So many posts around about weasels getting people's birds.
  11. BakerzDozen

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    It's not my husband that feels this way about the money. He doesn't care what I spend or on what. It's me going through growing pains of a somewhat new marriage...my previous marriage was a bit of a mess. His and mine and all that jazz. Greg is wonderful to and for me... it's just emptying your...
  12. BakerzDozen

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Sorry to read about your chicks. :( I hope the rest make it for you. I am putting together a order for chicks from Ideal but mine have to wait until April. I hope this is made right by the company for you.
  13. BakerzDozen

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    I have SAD too. Life just looks bleak through those eyes. I read a study that said it was related to the decrease in general amount of light (just like chickens don't produce eggs) people aren't as productive. I have no motivation nor will do I expect any until spring it happens every year, for...
  14. BakerzDozen

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Yay!!! Happy your babies made it safely and GFF threw in some extra babies.they're so dang cute. I can't wait to get mine. ;)
  15. BakerzDozen

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Hello Devona :) I just mixed the leftover chick food with the layer mash. My girls ate it just fine. Although I don't mix calcium with any of my feeds as calcium toxicity is a problem unto itself.I provide free choice calcium 24/7 & my shells are perfect. Just my humble opinion. I hope it...
  16. BakerzDozen

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    5 pages later and I'm caught up. Grama sorry for the loss of Budgie. Pyxis good luck with these babies on the way. Midget is a wonderful momma chick and the babies are doing great. The both have the same coloration... maybe Partridge??? is the word I'm looking for. We let them out into the...
  17. BakerzDozen

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Sorry you lost your Shorty. :(
  18. BakerzDozen

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    I think like anything else its a question of need. I learned along time ago to change a tire, oil, filters, etc. only because I had to. and because when I was younger I hung out with a group of guys that did the classic car thing. I owned a 1967 Camaro RS/SS, a 1972 Chevelle SS and the beaters I...
  19. BakerzDozen

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    I hope you are feeling better quickly and are able to eat a normal diet very soon
  20. BakerzDozen

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    I think the toxicity is condensed in the leaves. one of the articles I read was about what not to throw in for the chickens to eat. Although another said not to feed chickens potatoes at all.
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